Letters of James Smetham with an Introductory Memoir Edited by Sarah Smetham and William Davies: With a Portrait |
 | LINES COMPOSED AT THE AGE OF NINE YEARS |
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LINES COMPOSED AT THE AGE OF NINE YEARS
[Little birds that sing so sweet]
Little birds that sing so sweet,
They deserve to taste their meat;
With their little eye-peeps see,
Singing on the cherry-tree.
They deserve to taste their meat;
With their little eye-peeps see,
Singing on the cherry-tree.
In the eve they close their eyes:
Lord of heaven and earth and skies.
In the morning they do sing
Praises to their God and King:
Lord of heaven and earth and skies.
In the morning they do sing
Praises to their God and King:
Sing to Him their joyous notes,
Warbling with their little throats.
They've no storehouse, barn, nor corn,
But God feeds them night and morn.
Warbling with their little throats.
They've no storehouse, barn, nor corn,
But God feeds them night and morn.
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